a. [ L. verriculum a net, seine. ] (Zool.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. vermiculus, dim. of vermis worm. ] (Min.) A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. vermiculus, dim. of vermis worm. ] (Min.) A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms. [ 1913 Webster ]